California, Massachusetts Rank as Most Innovative States

Jul 1, 2020 | News Article

By Shelly Hagan and Wei Lu, Bloomberg

“America’s top two most-innovative states share similar paths to success. For the second consecutive year, California and Massachusetts took the first and second spots in Bloomberg’s annual State Innovation Index. The ranking is based on six equally weighted metrics: research and development intensity, productivity, clusters of companies in technology, STEM jobs, residents with degrees in science and engineering disciplines and patent activity.” Read the Bloomberg article here.

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